Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Following Thursday’s hearing, Chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (WI), in the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, awareness about the importance of patient access to early treatment for COVID-19 is gaining much-needed ground. We need your help to build on this momentum! Have you, a family member, close […]
The most important Senate hearing of the year—or maybe ever—occurred on Nov 19. It’s about the urgent need for early home treatment for COVID-19. An abbreviated video is here: https://youtu.be/T_uaf7qavmw. The complete hearing is here: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/early-outpatient-treatment-an-essential-part-of-a-covid-19-solution. To empower physicians, clinics, facilities, and health systems to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, the following actions are immediately needed: 1) The October 9, 2020 […]
After being rejected by three major journals, an RCT completed by 4,862 participants has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The volunteers were adults spending more than 3 hours per day outside the home without occupational mask use. All were instructed to follow social-distancing and other public health measures, and those in the […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Yesterday we alerted you to a very important hearing in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs titled, “Early Outpatient Treatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution.” A big “thank you” to Committee Chair Ron Johnson for holding this hearing. If you missed watching […]
How safe will you be if you get the Moderna “95%-effective” vaccine? Pfizer and Moderna have announced impressive-sounding effectiveness figures for their revolutionary vaccines. These mRNA vaccines, instead of injecting a weakened virus, use a genetically engineered messenger RNA that turns your own cells into vaccine factories. You make viral spike proteins, then your immune […]
I’m sure you are aware of the second wave of COVID-19 cases. It’s the Grinch that is stealing Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is predicting up to 282,000 deaths by Dec 5. The standard nationwide U.S. policy of no treatment until patient is in hospital—promoted by public health authorities and reinforced by recent […]
There is much excitement about the 90 percent effectiveness reported for the Pfizer vaccine—which is far better than expected. Only three vaccines in 10 years have been more than 50 percent effective. What this means is that out of 44,000 people who got two doses, 94 have gotten at least one symptom and a positive […]
I hope you stay well and have a reliable source of income to pay your bills. Key concerns in the election are its effect on health and your livelihood. The Biden-Harris campaign blames President Trump for the COVID-19 debacle—doing too little, too late, and being too reassuring. President Trump has respected federalism and recognized some […]
This election year presents an unprecedented medical issue, observes the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS): whether Americans can go back to work and rebuild their lives and our economy, as President Trump promises, or endure a stringent, federally dictated lockdown, as they fear Joe Biden may impose. Joe Biden stated that “no serious […]
Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving with your family? Or awaiting Tony Fauci’s permission? In a conference at Yale on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked when we could go back to normal. He said we wouldn’t have to wear masks “forever,” but we couldn’t abandon public health measures such as masks and distancing before […]